Mady makes me laugh

AAron got new glasses and so yesterday we had to go pick them up. The whole time we were at the eye Dr.'s Mady is trying sooooo hard to convince me that she needs glasses. Of course I kept telling her she doesn't need them. The girl has perfect vision! So this morning as I am telling Aaron he looks so cute in his glasses, mady comes over to tell a story. She starts by using her hands and all of her body to describe this. This is her "Mom, I think that I need glasses, I'm serious! At school I closed my eye like this and I couldn't see out of it. Then I did the other eye and the same thing. Serious mom! I couldn't see of that one either! I need glasses mom. I am being so serious!" I looked at her like, ARE YOU SERIOUS GIRLFRIEND! Then I started laughing my head off. She didn't like that too much. I let her know again that she was NOT getting glasses! I wonder what story she will come home with today! Guaranteed it will make me laugh!!!!

California Dreamin!

For fall break this year my parents invited us to the beach. My kids were so excited especially after I told them they could invite a friend to go with us. They decided it would be fun if the Hewards went with us. So we invited Jarren, Dallin, and Brentton. These boys are all my boys ages so it was perfect! we headed out on Monday and it was a long trip due to a boy, I won't name names, who kept stinking up the air quality in the car! A couple of times I found myself dry heaving as the stinky culprit sat laughing!!! Anyways we finally arrived 6 hours later at the camp ground we have been going to for the last 20 years!San Alejo campground. We got beach front, which means you get to camp right on the edge. When you look over there is the ocean. It's pretty cool. And speaking of cool it was a little chilly. I sat on the beach with a blanket on the whole time, yes I DID. Me the one who is hot ALL the time! What can I say, it was chilly! Anyways. We popped up the tent trailer and as soon as it was up the boys, all 7 headed down to the water. They grabbed their boogie boards and off they went. I fogot to mention at this beach when you go down to the water you gotta climb down 150 steps to get to the beach. It seriously makes you think if you REALLY need to go to the bathroom or can you hold it! Trust me I had that thought a couple of times.
The boys had fun. Cameron and Jarren's favorite was the kyack that nonni and poppy brought. They went pretty far. As i sat on the beach, I told my mom if something happens I'm not swimming out there. I don't like the ocean or anything that lives in it! They tried getting the dolphins that we were all in amazement at (on shore of course).Spencer and Dallin stayed closer to the shore. They boogie boarded most of the week and built sand castles. Brentton, Payton and aaron did wave jumping and played on the kyack (on shore). They had a blast being with each other.
My cousin Janelle came with her kids and Mady and her little girl Corrin played the whole week. So everyone had a buddy and everyone was happy! It was a great week.
We made 3 trips to the grocery store. With 7 boys you can only imagine the amount of food they ate. Everytime I turned around one of them was hungry. The first day we were down on the beach they ate all my snacks that I thought would last the entire week! We made a run to smart and final that night and stocked up!
We all slept in the tent trailer. It fit all of us. There was only one night that I had to kick out the Mr. Farty pants (2 boys). The rest of the time it was nice and cozy. Everybody got a long. I was amazed. And I also thought, "I am taking the heward boys more often on trips!"
Thank you mom and dad for inviting us. We had tons of fun!!!!

Hide and go Seek

Alright so I had to blog this little story about Payton. He is quite a funny guy and with all that he does I would like this down on paper so in 20 years when he has a child just like him I can pull out my published blog and show him.
Last saturday for General conference, the priesthood session,Anthony,Cameron,Spencer,Poppy and 2 friends, Jarren and Dallin went to the priesthood session. Their brother Brentton stayed here with me and the 3 youngers. Payton and Aaron were so stinkin excited to have a friend over. They pulled out all of their favorite toys, like their toy guns (that are usually hidden)! They started playing cops and robbers.... so I think that is what they were playing. I wasn't really paying attention because I was on the computer listening to music. So, they were running through the house and getting very loud if I may say so. I asked them to please keep it down just a touch! So Payton suggested they play hide and go seek with the guns. Aaron at this point thought, if we can't be loud I am just going to sit by mom and suck my thumb. Brentton and payton started playing. Brentton was up first to hide. He came downstairs and hid by the stairs and crouched down so Payton couldn't see the top of his head when and if he started to head downstairs. 5 minutes later I asked Brentton what he was doing, he said "Shhhhhh I am hiding sister Jeffers from Payton." I said "O.K.". 10 minutes later I turned around to see Brentton still crouched down waiting for the illusive Payton. I turned around again and said "Brentton are you still hiding?" He said "Yes". I asked Aaron to go upstairs to see what Payton was doing. He yelled down a few seconds later "MOM, Payton is asleep in bed with the covers over his head!" I started laughing! Brentton didn't think it was so funny. He said "What the heck, I have been hiding all that time!" I told him that Payton falls asleep quite fast and if he smells his bed or sits down on his bed he starts closing his eyes. Apparently he was tired and forgot that he was playing a game of hide and go seek. Perhaps he thought it was his turn to hide and fell asleep while hiding! I DOUBT IT!!!! That's little Payton for ya!

First day of school! Yahoooo

Sweet freedom! School has started and I don't know who is more excited my kids or me. This is the first year that I don't have kids at home. It has been lovely if I do say so myself! A couple weeks before spencer, payton, aaron and mady started, cameron started high school. I think i was more nervous than he was. He wouldn't let me walk him into high school. I would have loved to walk him to his first class and give him a smoochy, but he didn't go for that. I got the "I love you mama!" And it was very quietly whispered as he got out of the car! 2 Weeks later the other 4 started. When I asked them if they needed me to walk them to the back they all said "no mom we are good!" I was shocked. I was a stark difference from when aaron started kindergarten. He refused to go to school. As flag ceremony started his kindergarten teacher pryed his hands off my leg and I took off running for the car. I laugh about it now, but seriously at the time it was most annoying to have the only child screaming his head off yelling for me. I jumped in the car dukes of hazzard style and took off. I wanted to yell out the window "Bye sucker", but that may have been too much and maybe a little dramatic! Nontheless this year was a lot better than that. Mady didn't even want me to take her to her line. I was a proud mom watching my kids walk off by themselves. It is great to see my kids having the confidence to do things on their own. Not needing me to hold their hand every step of the way. It was a great first day of school!!!

Bills birthday

The same weekend as aaron's birthday we had Bill (my father in law) come up for his birthday. He went to chuckee cheese with us. I think he had fun. After that we came home and he let Aaron and mady paint his nails. He was quite a good sport. He also had a treasure hunt. We had his favorite dinner which is biscuits and gravy. He also requested a chocolate cake. When i suggested the 4 layer chocolate cake that my family loves he agreed that would be a good choice. He stayed with us for the weekend. I also gave him a birthday haircut. He was set for the weekend.
Bye the way, we got to listen to him play the guitar and sing. He sounds exactly like Johnny cash. Mady loves sitting on the floor and listening to him sing. He does a great job of it.

Aaron boy had his 9th birthday! yahoooo

We had another birthday in our house. In fact the month of august is quite busy in our house with birthdays. We have one every week the entire month of august. Its a busy birthday month. Aaron wanted to go to chuckee cheese this year for his birthday. He was quite excited about that. He got to pick one friend to go with us. He also wanted to have an omlet for breakfast and his very own treasure hunt. After all that we went to chuckee cheese. He also wanted to do Bahama bucks after the pizza. I would have thought that that was too much but he loved it. At bahama bucks he got to have a snowball fight. That is something they do. It's kind of fun and my kids love it. That is the only snow they get all year long! He said he had a great birthday and he was a happy kid when he went to bed that night!

Oh no another Teenager!!!

My spencee turned 13. I have another teenager in my house. He had a good birthday with family. We are still trying to figure out a day to have his "big 13th birthday party". We had a planned a couple of days that friends couldn't come on. So sometime this month we are taking him and his friends to fiddle sticks. He is looking forward to it. It has go-carts, bumper boats, golf stuff, arcade games, food. It's just kind of a fun little place to go. Especially for boys!!!
He got to pick what he wanted for breakfast and dinner. We had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and he requested spaghetti with bread. He also got to pick his favorite cake which is the chocolate cake that is 4 layers and in between the layers is shaved chocolate bar and whipping cream. It is quite yummy!